# KazSTSAT
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: ghalam
- **platform**: kazstsat-platform
- **launch vehicle**: spacex-falcon-9
- **actual launch**: 2018-12-03
- **orbit type**: 575 km sun-synchronous
- **swath km**: 275
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: ghalam
- **attributes**: {"operator":"ghalam","platform":"kazstsat-platform","launch_vehicle":"spacex-falcon-9","actual_launch":"2018-12-03","orbit_type":"575 km sun-synchronous","swath_km":275}

## Editorial
KazSTSAT is a 105 kg Kazakhstan smallsat for Earth observation and technology demonstration, launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg on 2018-12-03 into a 575 km sun-synchronous orbit [^sstl-kazstsat][^wikipedia-falcon-9-2018]. Its payload set includes an 18.7 m ground-sampling EO imager with 275 km swath, a beyond-diffraction-limit imager, a sun sensor, and an OBCARM demonstration unit [^sstl-kazstsat]. The mission also demonstrated a virtualized S/X-band ground segment using software-defined back-ends at KSAT Svalbard and an Astana demonstration station [^sstl-kazstsat].

## Compositional position
- KazSTSAT --[mission_payloads]--> kazstsat-eo-imager (products)
- KazSTSAT --[mission_payloads]--> kazstsat-beyond-diffraction-limit-imager (products)
- KazSTSAT --[mission_buses]--> kazstsat-platform (products)
- KazSTSAT --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- KazSTSAT --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)

## Sources
- [sstl-kazstsat] | KazSTSAT: Launched 2018, SSTL | https://www.sstl.co.uk/space-portfolio/launched-missions/2010-2019/kazstsat-launched-2018 | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wikipedia-falcon-9-2018] | List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, 2018 SSO-A entry | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010%E2%80%932019) | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
  Used as lower-tier cross-check for the SSO-A Falcon 9 launch context.

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